fimti

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fimmti, from Proto-Germanic *fimftô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪm̥tɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪm̥tɪ

Adjective

fimti

  1. fifth

Inflection

Weak adjectival inflection of fimti
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fimti fimta fimta
accusative fimta fimtu
dative
genitive
plural all genders
all cases fimtu

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers (edit)
50[a], [b]
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: fimm
    Ordinal: fimmti, fimti
    Multiplier: fimmfaldr

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fimftô (“fifth”).

Adjective

fimti (not comparable)

  1. (ordinal number) fifth

Declension

Declension of fimti (weak)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fimti fimta fimta
accusative fimta fimtu fimta
dative fimta fimtu fimta
genitive fimta fimtu fimta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fimtu fimtu fimtu
accusative fimtu fimtu fimtu
dative fimtum fimtum fimtum
genitive fimtu fimtu fimtu

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fimmti
  • Faroese: fimti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: femte
  • Norwegian Bokmål: femte
  • Old Swedish: fæmti
  • Old Danish: fæmtæ

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fimti”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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